"The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want."

-- Robert Foster Bennett

#Thinking Quotes #Secret Quotes #Realization Quotes

“Our music, whose eternal being is forever bound up in its temporal sounds, is not merely an art, enriching beyond measure our cultural life, but also a message from higher worlds, raising and urging us on by it's reminders of our own eternal origins.”
“Everybody's different, so in order to feel sexy I think you need to have something that fits right, you need the style that looks most flattering on you, and you should just try everything on and figure out what style is for you.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“We should be focused on making the world a better place, and once we do that, the money will come back and find us.”
“My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.”
“Writings like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.”

Source : "M John Harrison: a life in writing" by Richard Lea, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2012.
“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.”
“I studied and worked in a Chinese restaurant to support myself. People would say to me 'Oh you must be missing home', but I had grown up hard. I was so happy to be there. I had never even been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me open the refrigerator, because they worried I'd damage the door by opening it too many times.”
“The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.”

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